[Milsurplus] Re: Collings Foundation B-25 radio install

[W6GER]

Paul...

I have a web page that has a photos and PDF copy of the B25  
Maintenance Manual, Radio Systems Chapter.
There are some good pictures of the Radios aboard the B25.
I got the manual from my Father-In-Law who was a WWII B25 Pilot..

Al - W6GER

http://www.uci.net/~w6ger/B25/B25Radio.html



> The Collings Foundation WW2 Bomber tour is here in Moffet Field for a
> few days. It's been quite a while since I took the tours through their
> B-17 and B-24 but now they have a B-25 this time around. I plan to  
> make
> the tour and was wondering if anyone out there has recently been  
> through
> the B-25 and what if any of the radio gear was in place.
>
>
>
>  Some years back when I went through the B-17 , the radios, the  
> command
> sets and BC 375 / 348, where in poor condition and in talking to the
> personnel involved with the plane told me they did not care about the
> radio gear either how it looked or if ever it where to ever work. I  
> was
> taken aback by their attitude as the rest of the plane looked great  
> and
> that I though the radios would be part of their wonderful restoration
> effort of the craft...but I guess not. That was then and this is
> now...have things changed?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
> N5FEG
>